by Madeleine Begun Kane
(No one dissects the silliness and hypocrisy of Washington better than humourist MadKane. Here are her latest offerings on everything from Town Hall Meetings to amazon’s Kindle and from Sarah Palin to wandelust filled Governors and Senators. -Ed.)
Tantrum Politics
Planning to attend a local town hall meeting about health care reform? Hoping to [...]
Tag | Nevada
Hot Summer Limericks
Posted on 09 August 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: 1984, Alaska, amazon, Animal Farm, Big Lie, Birthers, Bookstores, Congress Humor, Crime, E-books, Elderly, Electronic Theft, Euthanasia, Facebook, George Orwell, Governor Palin, Governor Sanford, Governors, Hawaii, health care, Home Invasion, Insurance Reform, Invasion of Privacy, James Inhofe, Jim DeMint, Kindle, Law Satire, Lou Dobbs, Media, Media Humor, Mobs, Nevada, obama, Obama's Birth Certificate, Oklahoma, Paperbacks, Publishers, Reform, Repossession, Republican Humor, Scandals, Scare Tactics, Senator Ensign, South Carolina, Tantrums, town hall meetings, Waterloo
Did John McCain Lose Arizona? (Reprise)
Posted on 30 July 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: 14 days after the election, an unbroken custody chain, AUDITAZ, banana republic state, battling election authorities in Pima County, but John McCain’s state and home county need not follow, California turn blue, citizen warrior, colorado, comfortably won his home state by about 9 percentage po, conspicuously red, County Manager is distancing himself from the justifiab, December 2nd, Denis Campbell, Did John McCain Lose Arizona, did not follow election law, do not have all ballots counted in Alaska, elections director, elections security expert with BlackBoxVoting.org, ensure ballot integrity, Georgia run-off election, Helen Purcell, Humboldt County CA|, Jim March, John Brakey is as passionate as they come, Judge Edward O. Burke, Libertarian Party, mandatory recount, Maricopa County (Phoenix), McCain, McCain won Phoenix, Minnesota Senate race, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, obama, problems in Tucson’s Pima County, public-private cooperative effort, razor close Senate race, Republican Presidential candidate represent, ruled against them, since 1996, so many states surrounding Arizona, Tucson, work has uncovered major systemic problems with Diebold, work tirelessly for election transparency and integrity
by Denis Campbell
(Reprise of 18 November Article) While Maricopa County (Phoenix) Judge Edward O. Burke agreed with the state’s Libertarian Party that county elections director, Karen Osborne, did not follow election law, ensure ballot integrity and provide an unbroken custody chain, he ruled against them saying, “in a county the size the size of Maricopa, perfect [...]
MadKane’s Political Limericks
Posted on 13 July 2009 by Madeleine Begun Kane | Comments (0) | Tags: Affairs, Alaska, Argentina, democrats, Facebook, Governor Palin, Governor Sanford, Governors, Hypocrisy, Jenny Sanford, lame duck, Limbaugh, Mark Sanford, Media, Media Humor, Nevada, obama, radio, Republicans Humor, Scandals, Senator Ensign, Sins, South Carolina, Stimulus, Talk Shows
by Madeleine Begun Kane
(Give her philandering politicians, dueling Republican gubernatorial meltdowns and Senator Ensign and it’s Christmas in July for MadKane and the rest of us! Enjoy one of the finest and funniest political wits on any planet! -Ed.)
Dueling Scandals
Senator John Ensign surely celebrated when Governor Mark Sanford’s soul-mate scandal took Ensign’s sex-capade off Page [...]
Two More States (and American Samoa) Go Transparent
Posted on 17 March 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: American Samoa, California, Christopher Weaver, Gov. Togiola T. A. Tulafono, home to around 65000 people, Nevada, ProPulica.org, The Samoa News, U.S. island territory, websites to deliver stimulus transparency
by Christopher Weaver
Two western states, Nevadaand California, have unveiled Web sites to deliver stimulus transparency, but both were pretty preliminary when we reviewed them Monday afternoon. They’ve been added to our running list of all state transparency sites.
By contrast, American Samoa, a tiny U.S. island territory that’s home to around 65,000 people, appears well-poised to bare its projects to public [...]
McCain’s Registration Fraud Glass House Shatters
Posted on 22 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: accused of tearing up Democratic registration in Oregon, Acorn Investigate It!, arrested in Ontario California, Denis Campbell, former head of the Arizona Republican Party, ignoring whistle-blowers, Mark Jacoby, McCain campaign funded two firms that have indeed condu, McCain’s Registration Fraud Glass House Shatters, Nathan Sprewell, Nevada, offering a $5 per registration bounty, only get paid for registering Republicans, Pennsylvania, slamming, State Chair McCain Campaign. Senator McCain cannot clai, Steve Poisner, takes voter registration info and ensures that they are, two counts of perjury, two counts of vote fraud, West Virginia
By Denis Campbell
Acorn Investigate It! Acorn Investigate It! Acorn Investigate It! Was a popular mantra on the trail until it was suddenly silenced yesterday and over the weekend by the arrests and then linking back of to two Republican operatives in the employ of the McCain campaign on real vote suppression and slamming fraud.
Remember last [...]
“You Can’t Trust A Black Man, How Can You Vote For One?” Radio Spots Planned
Posted on 10 October 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 loan Howard Hughes gave Nixon's brother, 527 group, AlterNet, Ayers attack on Obama, can't trust a black man, Charley James, Dick Tuck, Donald. On camera, Indiana, Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960, lie-and-duck, limited to things such as sending 100 pizza’s to the op, master of political pranks, McCain, Missouri, negligible effect, Nevada, Nixon grabbed a sign and ripped it up, Nixon visited Chinatown where a backdrop of children ho, Nixon's the One!, Ohio, Pennsylvania, quick hit, radio spots, Republican Party actively engaging in voter suppression, Republicans in key swing states, Richard Nixon, sleazy tricks, the Chinatown Caper. Los Angeles campaign stop, The sign referred to a $205, Tuck hired an elderly woman who put on a large Nixon bu, using Social Security data to verify voter registration, Voter Suppression By GOP, waning days of the campaign, What about the Hughes loan, “dirty tricks”
by Charley James
In the 1960s, Presidential campaigns played “dirty tricks” on each other but they were usually limited to things such as sending 100 pizza’s to the opponent’s campaign office in a small town where there might not be 100 residents let alone 100 volunteers to pay the bill.
Dick Tuck, dubbed “the Democrat’s pixie” by [...]
300-Plus Electoral Votes is Possible for Obama
Posted on 04 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1-month left, 11 September 2001, 3-minure media cycle, 300-Plus Electoral Votes Possible for Obama, 325-213 to Obama, 50-statewide winner-takes-all contests, 538 electoral votes, 57-state and territory organisations, Alaska and the District of Columbia have 3 votes each, angry, Arkansas, attack the character of Obama, attacked when needed, attacking Obama’s inexperience is not working, base loves her, battlegrounds, buckets full of cash on hand, California biggest prize with 55, calm, candidate is running out of money, clinton, cold flop sweat, collected, colorado, community organiser, cool, daily national tracking polls mean little, deliberate, Democratic state governments, Denis Campbell, desperate old man, earn their 7-figure salaries peddling influence, everyone else is terrified, expect the 527 group ‘Swift Boat squads’ to throw every, failure will then have only one author John McCain, final EV prediction, first person to 270 wins, force him off issues-based solid ground, frenetic, gambling approach, George Bush beat John Kerry 286-252, Georgia, good job of anticipating attacks and swatting them asid, GOP stronghold since Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Ri, gravy train lobbyist staff will parachute to safety, green is purple, ground game, ground game of Senator Obama, gruelling Hillary Clinton primary experience, Hail Mary pass downfield, helping Obama, independent states, interesting contests, July and August his funds went to building the field or, keep your eyes closed… and picture Sarah Palin sitting, know exactly what to do to punch the ball into the end-, knows nothing trumps SPIN better than face-to-face answ, looked anything but Presidential in his choices, map’s mid-section was solid red in 2004, McCain, McCain has lost his cool, McCain operatives conceded Michigan, McCain/Republican SPIN doctors that worked so smoothly, Montana The ‘New West’, neither ‘trophy’ partner can dig him out of the hole, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, November 4th, obama, Obama could be headed to a landslide victory, Ohio and Florida, outspending Senator McCain 3:1 (see chart), played a solid if not boring game, played patient game, point fingers as the Clinton team did, pointed, popular governors, powerful jabs and combinations to the mid-section, president is in the air unable to land, pulling advertising and staff out, run from the room screaming, Sarah Palin is an unmitigated disaster as VP choice, softening him up, sound pathetic, South, South Carolina, support Obama over McCain by 61% - 30%, targeted add buys, trumping the kitchen sink, two controversial states from 2000 and 2004, tying McCain to Bush, Virginia, VP Cheney is in the secure bunker underneath the White, Wall Street Journal poll of “new” voters, will convince you they know it is, winning over mad-dog, you’re an idiot for not seeing it
by Denis Campbell
My EU media colleagues have a hard time understanding that daily national tracking polls mean little. On November 4th, voters will enter and cast ballots in 50-statewide winner-takes-all contests. There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs, this is how the race is decided and the first person to 270 votes wins. California [...]
They’re All Bloody Swing States!
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 22 months, cannot have both candidates together on the road for th, Chuck Todd, CNN, colorado, cool new toy from Microsoft, decision '08, demanding access, easy to classify the races as urban vs. rural, eighteen state strategy, election is a dead heat, electoral map, fairly well grounded prognosticator, Florida, GOP stronghold states, hot-spots, lo-tech dry erase white board, master of polls, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, moved decidedly Democratic, MSM, NBC political director, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, rivals Anderson Cooper, Sarah Palin, South Carolina, survives the scrutiny and arrogance of her own party, Swing States, Tim Russert, too close to call, Virginia, white vs. black, Wisconsin
Tim Russert and his lo-tech dry erase white board will not be with us this election night. Chuck Todd, NBC political director, master of polls and fairly well grounded prognosticator has a cool new toy from MSNBC’s partners at Microsoft. It rivals the cool touch screen Anderson Cooper plays with over at CNN.
The problem, [...]
The GOP Barracuda Theme Song
Posted on 04 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 62-days, 9-week sprint to the finish, a verb and 9-11) Giuliani, ability, Barracuda Theme Song, Clinton-supporting Nevada women, CNN, Country first, crowd pleaser, democrats, Dick Cheney, diversity challenged, electoral count predictor, energised, Excel Centre, focus group, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Sarah Palin, gun-toting, hardly convinced that she was qualified to be vice pres, Hillary Clinton supporting women, hint of culture war, hitwoman, hockey Mom, Huckabee, it was snippy, Joe Biden, language and terror focus, left over from 2004, lily-white, McCain, Mitt Romney, moose hunting, Nevada, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, obama, Once she started mudslinging I thought it's the same ol, overly harsh "sarcasm" pervading her address, poise, pure red meat GOP partisanship, Republican, Republican National Convention, Republicans looked to redirect the anger with base-plea, Republicans seem to have lost the plot, right wing, Rudy (a noun, she's a good speaker, she's using McCain, the economy, The HUffington Post, tomorrow, two dozen women were reportedly between 30 and 60 years, Undecided, vintage 1992, warm-up act, Washington, weak supporters of Barack Obama, webcast live to reporters, were not as impressed, witness protection program, won over rabid faithful
Country first, ha(!), this was pure red meat GOP partisanship at its best as hitwoman Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech thin on specifics but loaded in every sense of the word with snarky attacks on Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
In the diversity challenged (read lily-white) Excel Centre, the red meat thrown up by Huckabee, [...]
Obama Dominating the ‘Cool Stuff’ Race
Posted on 21 July 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 18 swing states, 5:1 cool lead, Alaska, Bob Barr, Bush stronghold states, colorado, commemorative art, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, McCain, merchandises, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ralph Nader, Virginia, websites, Wisconsin
Forget global tours and best global warming policy. The real race this fall is the ‘chatzky’ race – which candidate has and sells the best ‘stuff’ on their website. In that key race Team Obama has a 5:1 merchandising lead. His well organised field staff knows how to blanket and flog every area to raise [...]
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